LEARN THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE WITH NIHONGO ICHIBAN
Welcome to NIHONGO ICHIBAN – the leading BLOG about the Japanese language. With more than 1000 pages of free contents we are the largest site about hiragana & katakana, kanji, grammar, vocabulary and information about the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT N5 – JLPT N1).
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How to start learning Japanese
- A students voice about his experience learning Japanese since March 2011
Japanese Language lessons & tests
First Steps
Tests & Games
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Reading & Writing Japanese
The Japanese writing system consists of three alphabetes. In order to read and write Japanese you need to master Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. NIHONGO ICHIBAN covers all three extensively.
Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji
Did you know that kanji are made of components also called radicals? Start learning the radicals and kanji will immediately start looking more familiar. As a consequence you also will be able to memorize kanji much easier and faster.
Kanji Radicals
Japanese Grammar
Numbers
Adjectives
Particles
Verbs
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Japanese Vocabulary & glossaries
Survival Japanese
Glossaries
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The Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)
If you want to verify or certify your Japanese language skills the JLPT is THE test to pass. It is organized by the Japan Foundation and can be taken in many countries around the world. There are five levels with N5 being the easiest and N1 being the most advanced, which also certifies that your language skills are sufficient to apply for a Japanese university. At NIHONGO ICHIBAN we provide extensive material for each level of the JLPT.
JLPT N5
JLPT N4
JLPT N3
JLPT N2
JLPT N1
Check out the schedule for the next JLPT in YOUR country.
Resources for learning Japanese
On top of our own contents we provide an ever growing list of resources on learning Japanese. We started a global directory of Japanese language schools, collect the websites on Japan and its language and also screen the best books for learning Japanese.
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i like t0 learn Japanese Language
I hope this site will help you. We also plan to add free lessons at some point of time.
Think there is a typo error there under the JLPT section; you put it … N5 being the easiest & N3 the most advanced…
If i am not mistaken, iIt should be N1 instead of N3
Thanks for pointing out this mistake in the text. It is corrected now.
this lesson its reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally help mee,,, arigatou gozaimashita senseii
How can i be able to see all the N3 Kanji’s as i just saw on the latest updates, how can see the previous kanjis
I have nihongo listening problem, is there any listening practice option in Nihongo ichiban. Please help me to findout.
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